Vendor-Specific Attribute (VSA) Profile

The SmartZone UI provides the VSA profile, where the user can define VSAs to be included in authentication and accounting messages. The AP receives the configuration from the Change and Configuration Management (CCM) and appends the VSAs to each user equipment (UE) authentication and accounting request and forwards the requests to the AAA server.

For HotSpot WISPr, the UE authentication is handled by the northbound Interface (NBI) where Real Application Clusters (RAC) appends the VSAs to the authentication messages and the AP appends the VSAs to the accounting messages.